Heritage railway stations · North East England
Thorneyburn railway station
In or near Falstone.
Thorneyburn railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Russel Wills — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
About
Thorneyburn railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Kielder Mires SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Thorneyburn railway station served the village of Thorneyburn, Northumberland, England from 1861 to 1956 on the Border Counties Railway.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The station opened on 1 February 1861 by the North British Railway. The station was situated on a gated lane, at a former level crossing and west of Lanehead. The station was omitted from the timetable of 1 September 1864 but reappeared in the timetable of 1 October 1864 but with trains on Tuesdays only. A map from 1866 shows that the station had a siding and a goods dock but in the 1898 edition of the map, the siding was gone and the 1904 Railway Clearing House Handbook showed that the station never handled goods traffic. A full weekday service commenced from 27 September 1937. The station closed completely on 15 October 1956. By 1974 the platform had gone and the level crossing gates were…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.1709, -2.3563
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Tarset
- Postcode
- NE48 1AP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
Sources
- wikidata: Q38251804 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Thorneyburn railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Thorneyburn railway station?
- Thorneyburn railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE48 1AP), in the parish of Tarset.
- What is Thorneyburn railway station?
- Thorneyburn railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Thorneyburn railway station?
- Drivers can use postcode NE48 1AP.
- Is Thorneyburn railway station a protected site?
- Yes — Thorneyburn railway station is part of the Kielder Mires SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Thorneyburn railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Thorneyburn railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Thorneyburn railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE48 1AP. It sits within the Hexham parliamentary constituency.